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A busy Italian airport as been partially evacuated after a man set fire to a check-in area.<\/p>\n
Video footage posted on social media shows chaotic scenes inside Terminal 1 of Milan’s Malpensa airport as a fire rages at one of the desks while a man attacks digital screens before being detained.<\/p>\n
A man has been arrested and the situation brought under control, according to the Lombardy Airports Association.<\/p>\n
However, it warned of potential delays and cancellations to departures at the bustling tourist hub popular with Brits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
No injuries have been reported so far, according to the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.<\/p>\n
The incident happened around 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT), the paper said, with emergency services alerted to reports of an “agitated man” in the terminal.<\/p>\n
In video posted to social media, large flames can be seen rising from a check-in desk as a number of startled passengers look on. Cries of alarm are audible.<\/p>\n
The camera pans across to then show a man attacking overhead digital screens with what appears to be a blunt object.<\/p>\n
He is eventually challenged by several people, before being pinned to the ground.<\/p>\n
Pictures from the airport show huge queues of passengers waiting outside the terminal building as smoke fills the air inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n